A Year With A Whaler

By: Burns, Walter Noble

When the brig Alexander sailed out of San Francisco on a whaling voyage a few years ago, I was a member of her forecastle crew. Once outside the Golden Gate, I felt the swing of blue water under me for the first time in my life. I was not shanghaied. Let's have that settled at the start. I had shipped as a green hand before the mast for the adventure of the thing, because I wanted to go, for the glamor of the sea was upon me. I was taking breakfast in a San Francisco restaurant when, in glancing over the morning paper, I chanced across this advertisement: WANTED-Men for a whaling voyage; able seamen, ordinary seamen, and green hands. No experience necessary. Big money for a lucky voyage. Apply at Levy's, No. 12 Washington Street.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08KBCVVT9
• ISBN13: 9798690392802
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"